IC 667
| Galaxy IC 667 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | lion |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 11 h 06 m 36.5 s |
| declination | + 15 ° 05 ′ 19 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 / a |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.3 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 11.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.033040 ± 0.000153 |
| Radial velocity | (9905 ± 46) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(439 ± 31) · 10 6 ly (134.6 ± 9.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Stéphane Javelle |
| Discovery date | January 15, 1894 |
| Catalog names | |
| IC 667 • PGC 33603 • CGCG 095-111 NED01 • 2MASX J11063651 + 1505192 • | |
IC 667 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Leo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 439 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered on January 15, 1894 by the French astronomer Stéphane Javelle .